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KOMA-Script

Versatile LaTeX classes and packages

Reine Portfolio-Übung, vollständig selbst entwickelt. Kein offizieller Auftritt – die Website steht in keinem Zusammenhang mit dem LaTeX-Paket KOMA-Script und wird auch nicht von dessen Entwicklern betrieben.

This is purely a portfolio project, developed entirely on my own. This is not an official site—the website is in no way affiliated with the LaTeX package KOMA-Script and is not operated by its developers.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about KOMA-Script.

General

What does "KOMA-Script" stand for?

The name is simply derived from the author's name KOhm MArkus — combined with Script, the predecessor bundle from which Markus developed today's KOMA-Script classes.

Markus Kohm himself explains the spelling like this:

“The pseudonym KOMA was originally written in mixed case as ‘KoMa' and is composed of the first two letters of my last name and first name: ‘Kohm, Markus.' I had been using this abbreviation in some of my software projects long before KOMA-Script. It seemed natural in 1993 to use it for my first large LaTeX 2ε project as well. The fact that the spelling was eventually changed to all capital letters is, incidentally, less my doing than that of the users. I simply adapted to conventional usage. However, I will not adopt the increasingly common spelling with only one capital letter at the beginning in the future either.”

— Source: koma-script.sourceforge.io

Why should I use KOMA-Script over the standard classes?

The standard classes article, report, and book were designed in the 1980s with US-American typography in mind. KOMA-Script offers:

  • better European / German typographic defaults
  • significantly more configuration options
  • smarter type-area calculation via typearea
  • the modern letter class scrlttr2

Technical

How do I change the font size?

\documentclass[fontsize=11pt]{scrartcl}

Sizes from 8pt to 36pt are supported.

How do I adjust the type area?

\documentclass[DIV=12]{scrbook}
\documentclass[DIV=calc]{scrbook}

Help

Where do I find the manual?

texdoc scrguide   # German
texdoc scrguien   # English

Where do I get help with a specific issue?

TeX Stack Exchange — tag koma-script. Always include a MWE!